The Soft Robot That Fixes Itself While Flying

Podcast: The Sentient Code: AI and Robotics · Synthetic Universe

Opublikowano: 2026-09-17

A lamp stays on. A rubber ring starts twisting. Then it jumps, fixes itself in the air, and does it again. This episode sits with a new PNAS soft robot that turns heat into a repeating leap—and asks what “autonomous” means when the program is a bent tail, not a chip. This episode includes AI-generated content.